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On 18 June 2015, 200 years to the day after the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, some of his direct descendants gathered with members of the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) ...more

Book now! Resilient woodlands - everybody's talking about them, but what should they be doing? A unique conference on 1st October 2015 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, organised jointly by the Royal Forestry...more

A forester who has planted more than 85,000 trees on the Alscot Estate near Stratford-upon- Avon in Warwickshire, has received an award from the Royal Forestry Society (RFS). George Wargent receives his Long Service Award...more

Judges for the RFS Excellence in Forestry Awards are facing a tough challenge as they set off next month to judge 25 Welsh woodlands and five schools after some of the most inspiring entries ever...more

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has awarded four Randle Travel bursaries this year to help individuals studying forestry and woodland topics abroad. They have all been invited to submit articles to the Quarterly Journal of...more

A partnership between Capel Manor College in Middlesex and the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) has been rolled out to help train the next generation of arborists and foresters. Throughout 2015, students from the college will...more

A Herefordshire woodland owner has added another award to a growing list, winning the 2014 James Cup from the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) for an article on Growing Good Oak. In the article in the...more

Book now! Places on our 2015 Whole Society Meeting (WSM) study tour from 12-15 May in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire are proving popular. The deadline for booking your place is 27 March. The event is...more

The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is supporting the National Forest Company (NFC)'s new Grey Squirrel Strategy and is looking forward to working in active collaboration with other owners to protect woodlands in the region from...more

A new forestry qualification developed by the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) with qualifications provider ABC has proved just the ticket for one charity in Kent helping people move into the sector. The Horticultural Correspondence College...more